Recently while watching a very unique make-up commercial which showed women removing their make-up to reveal varying skin disorders (the reverse of a “before and after” effect), I was inspired to look up extreme make-up jobs. Why? simply to see more fascinating examples of the power of make-up and a good make-up artist. The women from the commercials had extreme skin disorders and were successful in disguising their medical conditions in order to lead what some might consider a more “normal life.” What I found was very impressive and at times unbelievable, as the women appeared to be hardly recognizable at times. How much make up is too much? Is heavy make-up as an everyday look too extreme or too each his own?